{"id":162115,"date":"2018-04-29T19:43:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T23:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=162115"},"modified":"2018-04-29T19:43:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T23:43:33","slug":"pinoy-short-film-bags-awards-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/29\/pinoy-short-film-bags-awards-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinoy short film bags awards in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two young girls travel through time to assassinate a small town dictator to revise history along with local members of the resistance, Jay, who aspires to become a Jai Alai player, and Irma, who just became a pilot. All the while a widower is plotting her own revenge against the same man. (Photo: <\/a>Fronteira Festival)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2014 Babylon, a Filipino short film directed by Keith Deligero, bagged awards at IV Fronteira Festival in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Babylon on April 22 was chosen as the Best Short Film by the Official and Young juries of the international documentary and experimental film festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe surprising and surreal approach of comedy in the context of a Philippines on the verge of a tyrannical attack, by revealing a comic inventionability rarely seen on the experimental scene,\u201d the Official Jury said.<\/p>\n

The Young Jury called the short film \u201cunpretentious\u201d and praised its \u201cfantastic narrative\u201d that brought out \u201cthe dirtiest side of dictatorial regimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe film denounces this moralistic and authoritarian policy that contributes gradually to the extermination of the marginalized groups of the society,\u201d the Young Jury said.<\/p>\n

\u201cStill sarcastically, we have a work that proposes us not only reflection on the context in which we live, but also a sense of redemption capable of arousing real desire for rebellion,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

In an acceptance speech video shot \u201cstraight-outta-Talamban\u201d in Cebu, Deligero thanked the juries for the recognition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a very important film for us, the crew. We would like to also thank Fronteira Film Festival for giving us the opportunity to be able to share our little film with your audience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This is not the first award Babylon had received. In 2017, it was also named Best Short Film at QCinema International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Deligero\u2019s Babylon also competed at 68th Berlin International Film Festival, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival 2018, Kyiv International Short Film Festival 2018, and VIS Vienna Shorts 2018.<\/p>\n

Babylon\u2019s plot reads, \u201cTwo young girls travel through time to assassinate a small town dictator to revise history along with local members of the resistance, Jay, who aspires to become a Jai Alai player, and Irma, who just became a pilot. All the while a widower is plotting her own revenge against the same man. They all get into a weird mixed-up adventure with a talking chicken, a videoke machine from the future, a set of violent triplets and prank calls from the 90s.\u201d<\/p>\n

It stars Rhylles Cameron, Patricia Zosa, Nicole Blackman, Rya De Guzman, Maricel Sombrio, Publio Briones and Robert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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